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The boss of Softbank Investment Advisers UK, the manager of the giant Saudi and Japanese-backed technology fund, was paid $4m during its first 16 months in existence, according to accounts filed yesterday.

Headquartered in London’s Mayfair, the Japanese conglomerate’s Vision Fund, operates globally with teams in London, California and Tokyo.

It has invested huge sums in the technology sector. Softbank Group became Uber’s largest stakeholder earlier this year after a $9.3bn deal pulled off by Rajeev Misra, 56, the Indian-born former Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch financier who oversees the fund.

The $93bn Vision Fund, which has been described as the largest pool of private capital ever raised, is also an owner of Cambridge-based chipmaker Arm Holdings. It is a significant investor in tech firms such as satellite start-up OneWeb and co-working group WeWork.

According to the group’s first UK accounts, filed at Companies House yesterday, Mr Misra was paid $4m in the 16 months between the firm’s incorporation in November 2016 and the end of March 2018.

Two other directors Jonathan Bullock and Saleh Romeih also shared in the $8m total paid out. The UK office, based on Grosvenor Street, employed an average of 44 people across the period.

They show that the company collected $53.8m in management and advisory fees during the period and made charitable donations in the UK of $211,380.

“The funds seek to invest in the technology sector and catalyse technological progress for the benefit of humanity,” the accounts say. “Through the Softbank Vision Fund LP we are investing more than $93 billion in the businesses and technologies that we believe will enable the next stage of the information revolution.”

A spokesman pointed out that the figures paint only an incomplete picture of the fund’s finances. He stressed the accounts solely reflect UK operations and “do not account for other SBIA operating entities”, including those based in Japan and the US.

The filing nevertheless, offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Vision Fund, which is backed by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It was founded by billionaire Masayoshi Son, the Japanese tycoon behind Softbank.

Rajeev Misra joined Softbank in 2014 as head of strategic finance. He now serves as chief executive of Softbank Investment Advisers UK, which was incorporated on November 25, 2016.

The accounts show the entity is currently operating at a loss, which for the period from 25 November 2016 to 31 March 2018 stood at $59m. However, the company expects to be profit making by August 2020.

Japan’s Softbank Group was involved in more than half of the top 10 investments into venture capital-backed start-ups in 2017, with a $5.5bn investment in Didi Chuxing and a $2bn investment in Grab, both ride-hailing firms from China and Singapore.